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Author Topic: Opalescent tumblers - ? Fry Glass, USA ?  (Read 1286 times)

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Offline Anne E.B.

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Opalescent tumblers - ? Fry Glass, USA ?
« on: May 26, 2008, 03:16:10 PM »
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http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-10082

Could these have been made by H.C. Fry Glass & Co. U.S.A. who made opalescent kitchen glass and who patented a heat-resistant glass called "Pearl Oven Glass" ?
My initial thoughts were that these could be American, and Fry is the only company I've come across so far that made plain, functional opalescent glass, although I haven't spotted these particular tumblers(?) on any Fry websites when searching?

The shorter one is 4" high x approx. 3½" diam. opening (so quite a handful if its a drinking glass), and the taller one is 6" high x 2¾" diam. opening.  Both have safety rims.  When turned upside down, they are quite dome shaped.

Any ideas would be appreciated - or alternative suggestions to search further afield.

TIA  :)
Anne E.B

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Re: Opalescent tumblers - ? Fry Glass, USA ?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 03:42:11 PM »
they're not the only ones to make plain opalescent - here is a pic from 2 Valérysthal tumblers I bought at the factory some years ago.

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Re: Opalescent tumblers - ? Fry Glass, USA ?
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 09:48:01 PM »
I'm not sure, but your tumblers look more modern to me than Fry, and I haven't been able to find any Fry with safety rims when I searched here [LINK REMOVED] and at replacements.com.  Also in a discussion of safety rims in this forum http://chataboutdg.com the only companies mentioned that used them in the "Depression Era" glass that's the focus of the board are Libbey and possibly MacBeth-Evans.

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Re: Opalescent tumblers - ? Fry Glass, USA ?
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2008, 10:07:05 AM »
Thanks Ivo and Kristi :)

I had a feeling that they could be fairly modern'ish', but I did a search to see who was currently making opalescent drinking glasses and came up with zilch, so fell back on the earlier option.
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